Adaptations to childhood trauma can be effective for a child but maladaptive later in life.

“And the the important thing to remember here, and I think this is really helpful for anybody thinking through this for themselves or for others, is that um, adaptations typically work very well for the child that has been wounded. And again, I use the word wounded as kind of a broad emotional term. Um, the problem is they tend to become maladaptive later in life.”